Program Driver

Job Title: Program Driver

Program: Kenya Feed the Future Food Systems Activity

Reports to: Senior Driver with a dotted reporting line to the Admin & Logistics Assistant

Position location: Nairobi, Western, Eastern, and Norther Regions of Kenya

Grade: 2

TechnoServe Background:

TechnoServe works with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses and industries. We are a nonprofit organization that develops business solutions to poverty by linking people to information, capital and markets. With more than four decades of proven results, we believe in the power of private enterprise to transform lives.

Program Overview

The Kenya Feed the Future Local Food Systems is a five-year USAID project designed to increase agricultural production and productivity, increase resilience capacities, and improve nutrition outcomes in 9 counties in Kenya – Bungoma, Busia, Garissa, Homa Bay, Isiolo, Kakamega, Makueni, Migori, and Siaya. The program will also support investments in other regions of Kenya to support the flow of food, goods, and services to the 9 focal counties and strategic corridors in the Northern ASALs.

Food systems are critical to Kenya’s economic development, as the agri-food sector contributes to more than half of the nation’s gross domestic product and employs over 70% of the rural population. Kenya’s agri-food sector has the potential to support inclusive and resilient economic growth and deliver nutritious diets to vulnerable populations. LFS will capitalize on Kenya’s economic growth and growing cities, the emergence of innovative and dynamic agri-food businesses, and the GOK’s investments in economic development to accelerate inclusive growth in the agri-food sector.

LFS supports four priority objectives, as well as a number of crosscutting objectives, to catalyze transformational changes in the food system. These include:

• Increased productivity, profitability, and diversity in the local food system
• Strengthened resilience capacity for HHs, communities, and institutions to mitigate risks and shocks in the local food system,
• Increased access to and consumption of adequate safe, nutritious food, especially by women and children
• Strengthened collaboration, iterative learning, and adaptive management for effective locally led development

LFS will use key leverage points to anchor its approach to implementation of five work streams:

• First and last mile service provision
• Entrepreneurship development
• Food and Feed Markets / Processing
• Policy Alignment and Influence
• Collaboration, learning, and adapting

The Role:

The Driver will be responsible for safely operating vehicles to transport staff members, goods, or materials to and from designated locations. The Driver will provide administrative and logistical support to the program. This role requires a strong focus on punctuality, adherence to traffic and safety regulations, and excellent customer service skills.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

Motor Vehicle Maintenance

• Run official driving errands as instructed by the Supervisor.
• Ensuring the mileage log-book is closed after every destination.
• Ensuring that the speed limited as demanded by the Government is adhered to.
• Taking vehicles for servicing when they are due.
• Reporting the expiry of insurance covers to the Administrative Assistant.
• Maintaining the vehicles internal and external environment by ensuring basic repairs are carried out when required.
• Reporting any defects of the motor vehicle to the Administrative Assistant.
• Maintain a maintenance book for recording of defects.
• Developing a repair and maintenance schedule for the vehicle.

Health and Safety

• Adhering to all traffic rules when driving.
• Ensuring any accident involving TNSK vehicle is immediately reported to the Administrative Assistant.
• Carrying out daily health and safety checks by ensuring that the vehicle has safety belts, fire extinguishers and first aid box which are in proper working conditions.

General duties

• Performing basic administrative tasks.
• Any other responsibility as assigned by the assigned supervisor

Desired Qualifications and Experience

• At least a Form 4 Level of Education
• Valid Driving License free from endorsement
• Certificate of Good Conduct from the Police Department indicating non-criminal record
• Minimum of 5 years continuous driving experience

Job Specific/Technical Competencies include:

• Geographical knowledge of where TechnoServe has offices in the County.
• Proven ability to work on own initiative and work as part of a team.
• Good communication skills both written and verbal.
• Good knowledge of the Country’s Traffic Rules and Regulations.
• Basic knowledge of the Motor Vehicle Mechanics (General and Wiring) for General Maintenance.
• Basic knowledge of First Aid.

Additional notes:

We encourage all qualified individuals who share TechnoServe’s vision of improving the lives of others through proven business solutions to apply.

With our commitment to diversity, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and affirmative action employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, HIV/AIDS status, protected veteran status, disability, and all other protected classes.

We are also proud of our commitment to protecting staff, partners, and beneficiaries from abuse and exploitation and thoroughly vet all final candidates through rigorous background and reference checks.

If you have a disability that affects your ability to use our online system to apply for a position at TechnoServe, please get in touch with Human Resources at recruitment@tns.org or call +1 202 785 4515.

More information on TechnoServe at: Twitter: @TechnoServe jobsnear.org Facebook: @TechnoServe jobsnear.org LinkedIn: @TechnoServe

Read Full Description